Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-14

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Ell hiae Losasa ~ Parfa.
f0scar Waloaqk5y Rkqgs, - Tosua sfate

oscar Httloagh3y k1qgs, - Ieava sfets
Rsgsstsr.I
at IL ruFisas 10 nofise.' said . veil
knows Wall street barker, tie otteg
asy, hs1 many Western men q
gsalss hsys within few years taken nc
thsir residences ia Esw Yofk. There Il
q place lac View York, ssy wh1t they
VII Is IL destined - ootsnfae L1Ed1n
o. Paris. Ia the aexf erBsary it Oil
. sys . population u 1000 co o. more.
Tns ladies' have mash % do with the be-
aifA Of Western mfllisDstres 20 New
fSrk and Of Rsll kHoEn men Ia psofes-
ssonal life, iralating. fer instance,
"a Gov. Hgadly. 81 Ohio, Who has
s0use here 10 pFaefsee i2S. Tbs iadiss
20 % Saratoga - SszeaFt IN the sam
nsF. aud NEST NsH York psoEis Of
wealth, VITO invite them 70 TIE city, and
ouce here they are s0Oa IN the vbfri Of
| fssat9a- sev want tie most rseherehe
tlilefs, the finest silks. tue u8osi sxpen-
siye isees, aEd han red other luxsriss
I % dyess. iLsi1ding nsn1eiess Fefine
meuts Of lingerie A NJ nth o. tsO Of
| NsW YgKk really 8etllss tie matter.
T1ry are DIS atisfsd on retaining home.
and 5000 tees are a am 10 Ne I afk. A
E0zu stone Sd nsigR mzss - souahi
/ ar Il IL HadFs on earth for tue "oid ma >
/ there uusf be horses aud carriages. iig-
cried coachman and foOtman IA top
/ boots: there uust be balls and fecep-
lions aud tiedruma and KDuud Of
reveiry until sEs Old msn - half
distracted. Bas what eaa be DOR H
I hfs millions snd has 10 pay the penalty.
81 course, there are a good many West
err miiIiouaiFes who care aexs 10 moth
ing about NsW York, bnt tbs namber Of
those who do ears, or whose families
care, Is increasing. and the fact IL indis-
putable that New York IL not only tbs
commercial bat the soei8l capital Of The
kaBubiic
JOIN W. Maekay, tbs bonanzs king.
who once swnug 3 pick to a mius, and
U4o is nOg worth $40 10000, alternatss
between New York and san Francisco,
bat his wife seems 70 esrs Uus little for
New York. and lives most OF the tine ia
Paris or London. 10 NeW York NJ
Mckay can nsu lily be found at ths
Nevsda bank. IN Which be owns BALI
the stock. James g. Flood, another
bgnabza maEnate, ssl1otn o1mss here.
H. IL president Of the Nfvada bank and
lives IN san Francisco. He aud NJ ieksy
and O'Brien we're ones liquor sellers. as
il we'll known. None OF them was ever
fitted for any social distin ton. and
the millions Of the Surviving two
slt with no very great amount Of
grace upon them, Though they are es-
tsemed for some solid traits Of chArae-
ter FL keepers Of rumh0les however.
are hardly 6gted 10 shine as bright stars
in the Ornament of society. All Of
these men set out from New York for
the golden fields OF adventure 10 Cali.
fOrnia, bat ell we're OF irish birth, as
vas also James O Fair, tke other
bolanZs king, who seems 20 have
proved himself the ablsst Of ths four as
yell as the best educated. IL Is = cur
ious fact that four pIDor and 'riendless
Irishmen captured the lions shares Of
the two hundred millions taken from
famous mines OF the OOmstook lode
Macksy IL the only one who has basome
1oFe or less kn0wn socially in New
York. He feels the deficiencies Of edn-
catisn and does not aspire 10 social
prominence. There are many men
here who won fortunes ia ths West.
though they we're born in the East.
q. r. Huntington has lived hers for
many years. he IL worth $50 coo 000.
snd lives In ine style on Park avenue.
His so0isl standing IL no. high. He is a
man Of rugged nature, a ustsral leader,
and in his 65th yesr. Engrossed in
great enterprises, be cares little OF moth
ing for society. Senator LELAND stan
ford comes here quite frequently. He Ia
worth 440,0OO000 even after setting
aside 100000 for ~ Industrial uni
versits on his 60O0 acre ranch IN Csli-
fornia. He has some fine traits. No
more beneheent plan could have oc
| CURED 10 ans man of liberal We've for
dispusing Of a fortune for the benefit OF
others than the Stanford College feE
~ ielioI education 10 some other re-
speots be seems 20 b. devoid OF all NOR
4 sense. IA president Of the Contra,
Pacific railroad company he stirred or
a cloud OF suspicion concerning spe
sial legislation az Washington. De will
probably never feel the grip Of the pens
law, but the question Rrises, IL be NOR
ally much better than jake Sharp
Charles Croeker lives here. He IS sec
ond vice president of the Central p o Il,
road and Is worth n 80 fifteen millions
lie IL now tb1ui SIS. He is native oi
Ohio aud went 30 Sacramento in ID,
early days Of the mining excitame {
Once upou a time be waa IA blacksmith
1 tAAHA M1ah ~ A"A ~ ~ = - IAAsA u VIZ
m rnloR to strife the sounding f0rve
Railroads. gave him BITS tailhOns. ID. o
Nils. wh0 maae ~ sc OF his fortune ID
Cali orniA, has lived beFs fur about az
teen years. He assd 20 drive a hack u
. small Town 40 the Hudson River. Ii,
went West aud becsme associated with
William O. Ralsten. that iinaueial me.
teoF OF California, "a the ORGANIZATION
~ the California Btnk, which Us Z,
come down With a crash and drive l.
tom 20 suinide'a death. Soon ate
Q imiaR Ga Asw York Mr. Mills was Al
vsed by William n. Vanderbilt 30 bn,
isAks Snnss. Ho cid 80 sud m4ds near
| Nv IS O0Q.0U0. with vaicb b. erscstd sh
Als buddiug. II m ade bis m 1ney Ia
railroads, miuing snt banks. Senator
John r Jones', OF Nevada. Is often seel
IA Mes York. He made i've or six mil
Ions 10 California uin-4 snd lost It try
iag 60 heeom4 a railroad ma2na'e
Jehn W. Mack y has helped him. and 1
i audtrst0od tsat be has COS su hls fee
aG liu largely through mining specBla
tons. lie il an + glishu an, s. ears o
sac, aud by nature, psrhsps more Of I
politteian Cd = business mae. Hi
term Ia The Uatsed States Senate vii
uot expire tili 1891, Among the Califor
mans more or lees successful who havl
settled here In recent years are William
Lat, EuRsne Dewey, Jaues 4. keene
hsrpendiuE. u. G. Logan. Henry RIOS
eneE. John W ShAw, Josiah Relden
Frank CorcoraH, y. r. Vsrdsnal, Geo
ID. Robertson. Glenn Uhler aud ]. II
Williams, Ill OF whon have bad an IN
tsrestiug career Of excitemeuts Of spec
ulstion. when everybody, frOn boot
blacks and servant girls % the million
aire. speeulated IN mining shores. al,
% grim DAYS in nsw mining towns viii
their savage appetite fer bleed and
man for breakfast"
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